The Mystery of the Transfiguration [Paperback]

Raniero Cantalamessa (Author), Marsha Daigle-Williamson (Translator)

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Publication Date: January 2008

Jesus encountered the Father in a moment of dazzling glory at the Transfiguration on MountTabor. This event took place as Jesus prayed, a point that bringsthe meaning of the Transfiguration close to us: As Jesus was transfiguredin prayer, so we can be transfigured, brought from one degree of gloryto another, through prayerful contemplation of Christ. The Mystery of theTransfiguration considers this unparalleled event from the perspectiveof Scripture and some of the great teachers of the Church. Butultimately, Father Cantalamessa explains, his goal is to bring youup Mount Tabor in prayer so that in gazing on Christ, you will becomelike Christ, transformed in glory. Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url( ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:Table Normal mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0 mso-tstyle-colband-size:0 mso-style-noshow:yes mso-style-parent: mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt mso-para-margin:0in mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt mso-pagination:widow-orphan font-size:10.0pt font-family:Times New Roman } Author: Raniero Cantalamessa Format: 144 pages, Paperback Publisher: Servant Books ( June 30, 2008) ISBN: 978-0867168020

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• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Servant Books (January 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0867168021
• ISBN-13: 978-0867168020
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Encouraging and Nourishing Contemplation, September 16, 2008

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This volume completes a series of meditations on the mystery of Christ in the life of the Church from the preacher to the pontifical household. Fr. Cantalamessa approaches the Transfiguration as a historical event in the life of Christ. An event, he writes, "that is full of salvific significance...that has an exemplary and causative value for the members of his body, the Church." In the introduction the author explains that his goal in this book involves contemplation of Christ: encouraging it, creating a desire for it, and nourishing it "with the powerful revelation of the Bible and some of the most profound insights of the Fathers."

After an opening chapter on the mystagogical approach to the Transfiguration, he devotes three chapters to the "path" up Mount Tabor as described in the synoptic Gospels and the writings of Paul and John. The final three chapters address the divinity and humanity of Christ and the image of Christ for today. Cantalamessa traces the development of Church teaching on Christ as divine and human and as flesh and spirit. At the same time, he calls us again and again to contemplation and to an ever deepening prayer life that opens our hearts and minds to the Spirit.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding, May 13, 2008

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Father Cantalamessa has been preacher to the Papal household for over 25 years. He is a very gifted speaker and writer. His writings touch deply into the heart, mind and soul.

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